Removed hard drive from dead Dell XPS desktop and reviewed contents via a docking station. A number of folders and files were missing. Mostly Word docs. I searched the hard drive files from top to bottom and found some Excel data and media files, but no Word docs or scanned items. Is losing some files just the way it is when transferring hard drive contents? Are there software programs that can look deeper into the hard drive than I've been able to do? (Yes, I do back up my files but evidently not every one.) Thanks for any and all responses.
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You shouldn't be losing files just from moving a drive (physical damage from a handling accident notwithstanding). You're using the search function for .doc? Are you sure the files aren't stored elsewhere, like a flashdrive, NAS, or cloud service? Having them missing from your backups as well is pretty unusual, unless of course you use a very nonstandard methodology for where you keep your documents...
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looked for doc and docx?
if the account was password protected you might not be able to see them. you might need to take ownership of the user folder.